Malphite with Olaf
How to Synergize Malphite and Olaf
based on 575 Malphite with Olaf pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Olaf Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Olaf
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Advice to Understand How Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Malphite Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Malphite sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Olaf. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Olaf helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Olaf, he sees a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This change could signal that Olaf doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Olaf on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Olaf.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Olaf on the same side, he typically receives less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Olaf does a decent job of protecting Malphite during team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Olaf
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Malphite that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, overall, Olaf is a below average companion for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -1.2% to 48.9%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Malphite and Olaf that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Olaf has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be very careful when finding Olaf comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Malphite players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Malphite and Olaf together, you will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of AP. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Olaf teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite to work well with Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Malphite and Olaf synergy build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Malphite bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Olaf than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing alongside Olaf with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Malphite players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.
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